Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1947 — Page 10
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HENRY W. MANZ
ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE i Business Manager
President Editor PAGE 10 Saturday, Dec. 6, 1947
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I SCRIPPS ~ NOWARD | Give LAght and the People Will Find Their Own Way
Fine—For the Other Fellow
HE voice of Virginia's Sen. A, Willis Robertson may have been crying in a wilderness, But there's sense in what he has just told the Senate. Partial price control, he said, would tend to drive up the prices of control-free goods. Complete control wouldn't work without rationing. Complete control plus rationing would lack the public support it had in wartime, and couldn't succeed. So, the Senator concluded, if inflation is to be licked (here must be self-control by industry, labor and agriculture. Manufacturers should prefer reasonable profits and a stable economy, rather than excessive profits and a boom gure to bust.
tion costs, Farmers, who may need public approval of price supports in years to come, shouldn't insist on the highest prices possible now.
the equivalent of what he wants to take out of it.
» ~ ” . » ” LJ HE self-control idea is old-fashioned, and we're not too
hopeful of great results from it in the present situation. The trouble is that, while everybody regards self-control as a virtue, almost everybody wantsto wait and let somebody else begin practicing it first. ; Sure, we're all for halting inflation—of the prices we . pay. But the prices or profits or wages we get are something else again. The inflation in them doesn’t seem so bad. And why should they be expected to stop rising, or start falling, before everything else does? Sen. Robertson, as we say, may have been talking to the empty air. But he certainly spoke a mouthful of truth when he said: “No laws that Congress can pass can protect us adequately from the consequences of selfishness, greed and group rivalry.”
Here Is World Hope
N the midst of international gloom, the new Geneva trade pacts are a bright hope for a better world. President Truman and Chairman Suetens of the trade conference hail these agreements as “a landmark in history.” If they work out as intended, that will not be an exaggeration. For they represent a reversal of the disastrous trend of economic nationalism, and point toward the freer trade essential to healthy international relations, The scope of this series of pacts is of amazing proportions. After nearly seven mgonths of continuous negotiations among 23 nations, in which nearly 1000 formal meetings were held, 123 separate country-to-country agreements have been reached involving more than 43,000 tariff concessions. The major document alone weighs nearly 40 pounds—2040 18-inch pages. The participating nations account for almost three-quarters of total world trade. Nothing faintly resembling this was ever undertaken before. chiefly due to the United States and the British commonwealth. It was an American idea to begin with, and we
apparently made the most concessions for the three-year
period. But the United Kingdom and dominions also made sweeping concessions in reducing and restricting their imperial preference system. :
” ” . y » . HESE pacts are not a cure-all. Several important nations are not participating, including Russia and most of her satellites though Czechoslovakia and Poland may sign. The second limiting factor is that at the moment low foreign production is a worse trade barrier than tariffs. So the full effect of this reform will be delayed. Nevertheless, the basic Geneva agréement and various ubsidiary pacts are designed for emergency relief. Six countries, iricluding the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, have agreed to put the lower tariff schedules into effect Jan. 1. :
A warning is necessary. When the still-secret sched-
ules are made public on Nov. 18 there probably will be much |
squawking from highly protected industries in all countries. In England, the government will be attacked for relaxing imperial preference in favor of the United States.
ment has been out-traded by slick ‘Europeans and that America will be ruined. " Regardless of this or that separate concession by one government or another, the thing must be judged as a whole. The test for us is whether the United States stands to profit more in the long run by freer world trade, by buying more from other nations so they can get the dollars with which to pay for their purchases from us.
There has been legitimate worry in this country as to |
where the continuous drain of American relief to Europe is going to leave us—how long we can stand so much going out and so little coming in. Obviously, the quicker Euro-
pean production can be revived and the more products
Europe can gend us in payment, the sooner the one-way dole system can be scrapped.
Stability T has cheered us to learn that even in England, sorely beset as she may be, there are still some things that are permanent and unaltéred by war. For instance, a British travel agency recently asked several hundred American visitors what comments they had to make on their first post-war visit to the country. It reports that the Americans complained about only two things: The English climate and that witch's brew which the English call coffee.
Cost-of Living Note ae A JUKE BOX, now on the market, plays six tunes instead of five for a quarter, Maybe that will help to beat inflation. On the other hand, there's this to be congidered: Everytime we resist the temptation to drop a quartet into a juke box like thag—and there are few temp-
pian J 1 Dé Savill DI
Labor leaders shouldn't endanger future | employment by demanding wage rises that boost produc- |
Each producer should be | willing to put into the national pile of goods and services |
Though there is credit enough for all, success is |
In Tune With the Times
‘REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR"
Mary Doe sat beside a trunk Battered with use of years; ‘Bhe raised the lid and peered inside, Her eyes then filled with tears, For she saw. nestling there a toy Made by a youthful hand A tiny plane wish one wing gone, A toy, yet it was grand,
In mind there then passed in review Years sifice that toy was made; Yes, years which made her boy a man, They passed in full parade, Then came the news of her boy's death On that December day - When the Japs had bombed Pearl Harbor And honor did betray,
The hands that made.that little toy Were hands that gave their all For {reedom’s cause throughout the world; A world so full of pall, Such tyrants bold must be avenged, They must be made to pay For her son's life and others too. Avenge them, God, we pray.
May we at home give praise and thanks To sons out everywhere, Who fought for mothers, wives and all, Bo they some day may share With them again a peaceful world, Where folks can laugh and play Without the fear of war and strife On some December day,
"Tis then in future, other boys Can make a simple toy And they can run and laugh and play With hearts full up with joy. Yes, soon again a new day dawns, A day of love and peace— Give us, dear God, that glorious day When war and strife shall cease, ~ELSIE TOST.
® & 0 When some feller'’s argument ain't sound he ustially tries to make it thet way by yellin'. --CATFEESH PETE.
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MARYMAE, MARRY ME!
Marymae, will you marry me?
Say you'll be my bride to be. Ellamae and Ettamae Are getting married Christmas Day
Sarahmae and Zenus Dows Have already exchanged their vows o Marymae, be my bride And be forever at my side. ~MILDRED CATHLENE YOUNG. ¢ ¢ Few people care to see a movie twice, says a theater owner. And sometimes not even once— | we find out too late. ¢ ¢ &
TELL ME
Wherever people gether, Hit allus starts this way: Somebudy gits a wise look An' starts out with\“They say.”
These prophets “They” who've spoken Kin you tell me who air “They?” Oracles of wisdom ' Or jes downright hearsay? ~CATFEESH PETE. ¢ © < It would be interesting to know how many Christmas presents will be used as wedding presents come June. ¢ ¢
FOSTER'S FOLLIES
(“WASHING TON-—Ex-Haberdasher Truman Deftly Knots Gift Tie Around Fingers.”) Mr. Truman's kept his hand in, In forward looking fashion: He has proved he needs no stand-in, At expert haberdashin’,
Which shows wise anticipation Of the vagaries of fate— And a hint of preparation ‘Gainst bad luck in "48. ¢ @ A typical fall-time cold will catch-choo if you | don't watch out
IN WASHINGTON . . . By Peter Edson
Potential Candidates
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Just Can’t Say ‘No’
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Defense Secretary James V. Forrestal has | | promised his next press conference an historic answer to the embarrassing question, “Are you a candidate for the Vice Presidency afd
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DEAR BOSS « + « By Daniel M. Kidney
Hoosier Forum vil defend to. the death’ your right to say it"
On all sides we hear such statements as “Make Democracy Live" or “Make Democracy Work.” But I'd like to ask you how it is going to be possible to carry out such challenges when both of our political parties are so bankrupt of altruistic ‘ideals in respect to American democracy that they
respect to submit their names as candidates under the parties’ banners? Whether it be in local, state or national elec~ tions, men of sterling character, unquestionable loyalty, possessed of keen minds and independent thought, cannot afford to offer themselves in service to their community. Indeed, no matter how sterling the character, by, the time the campaign is over their. own families could not recog nize them as the same persons, And the only reason for this condition is that we have permitted ourselves to let characters with neither mind nor
enslaved by them. 0 We have no choice when we go to the pg
Capehart Keeps Office Staff Busy
DEAR BOSS: About the busiest office on Capitol Hill these days is that of Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind). But the odd fact is that it is busy about things that are not actually going on. - The senior senator's staff of three men and five women nearly all pitch in at. times to get out handouts to the daily and weekly press throughout Indiana carrying the latest reports on what goes on there, They tell of the Capehart plan of “peace through plenty,” which thus far has incorporated a joint resolution which was not accepted by the Senate, and a bill for a five-year amortization on construction of profit-making buildings and machinery. There also is a measure to put all transportation under a newly created Cabinet post.
No Action Due This Session
WHETHER THESE matters are, meritorious, or not, there is no intention to take action on them during this special session. For it was called by President Truman to vote stop-gap aidAo France and Italy and to try and put brakgs on inflation. here at home?) ’ Sen/ Capehart’'s party likely will vote the stopgap aid—although the majority of GOP Hoosiers in the House seem to be reverting to their pre-war isolationism. But they are unlikely to accept the Truman program for return of allocations, rationing and price controls. As a member of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, Sen. Capehart sits in almost daily on hearings regarding. these matters. And.as a member also of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee he is entitled to become an expert on transportation problems. Yet in each case his methods have been so unorthodox that they have aroused little interest outside his home state. That does not mean that eventually he may not get some of his ideas incorporated into
Side Glances—By Galbraith
Jaw. For he got in the Senate by the unorthodox plan of capturing the convention on his own and having the great good fortune of being on the ticket in a year when Indiana was certain to “go Republican.” Whatevet comes—if anything—of his present proposals will be brought about by his playing the same combination of pluck and luck.
Seeks to Increase Production
THE FACT that former President Hoover heads a committee dpproved by Congress to study the entire reorganization of the administrative branch of the government and issue a report with recommendations, after the 1048 election, did not deter Sen. Capehart from asking for a “Secretary of Transportation” right now. “Had he conferred with Mr. Hoever and his committeemen about this matter?” he was asked at one of the series of press conferences he has called in his office. The answer of course was “no.” And the same went for'his new tax amortization bill. While Rep. Robert A. Grant (R. Ind.) introduced ° it jointly in the House as a member of the
ys Means Committee, Sen. Capehart had he md. Home.”
any figures from the Treasury as to its probable effect upon revenues. When he arose in the Senate to ask unanimous consent to have ‘a joint resolution adopted asking farmers to up their producing acreage 20 per cent, it was objected to by Sen. Wallace H. White (R. Me.), his own majority leader. With any objection raised, the Senators were precluded from taking any action and the resolution was sent through the regular channels to committee. Basically the Capehart idea is to increase production, with which few of his colleagues would disagree. But so far his tactics have been that of the man who mounted his horse and rode off in all directions. DAN KIDNEY.
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We dre only deluding ourselves when we bo hildren and our friends that we hays a democratic privilege. . difference between wha offered Ngnd ‘what Hitler offered is th vote for or else. While the our political rt rive us twg for one or the Defler=gh cize Hitler, wasn't it, when selection of our candidates? As a possible relief from one at Howe High School dei and has stafted something wh’ all of our high schools and be J vigor exceeded by nothing else ball or football. I refer to the the school to actually practice racy. There is no limit to the good and between our democracy and the style of democracy. a For whoever spawned the idea at Hows, ¥ “cheers. Let's hope it is contagious. & *
Ih Defénse of Bowling Alleys
By Leslie A. Brittenback, 320 N. West St., City
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article by a mother who desired a cleanup of Indianapolis bowling alleys but especially one on the West Side that has a tavern for & neighbor. There are three bowling alleys on the West Side but only one of this description. This mother complains that she saw, on two occasions, men drinking openly. This is not allowed by the management and I am sure they would appreciate a report on the guilty parties. When a large crowd of men or women get together, there naturally are 8 few misfits but in five years of bowling at this particular alley I have never known of anyone using any lewd or pro-
fane language. PS : This alley at noon, feeds from 40 to 50 grad school children, whose mothers are working or just downtown. These mothers know that children are safe. If this disgruntled mother has against any specific person, I am sur agement will see that her complaint her complete satisfaction. > ¢
Relieved That Her Son Is Home By Mrs. Paul E. Tucker, R. E. 2, Greenfield, Ind.
Have waited three long years for our son's body to come home. Just after we received word our son's body was arriving I read the article “Don’t Bring Hero Our only child died during the Battle of the Bulge where 60,000 other dear boys gave their ‘lives. Now they say it was a tragic error. ’ As I read this article it was almost more than one can bear, so surely we are asking very little of anyone to have our dear ones home to the land for which they gave their lives. ! We laid our son (1st Lt. Willes N. Tucker) to rest Nov. 21 in National Cemetery at Knoxville, Tenn., where he wanted to rest. He was a student there at the University of Tennessee when he entered service. We are somewhat relieved now that we can visit his grave snd place flowers and know we
fulfilled his one wish. ~
FOREIGN AFFAIRS . , . By William Philip Simms
Bigger and Better
Stockpiles
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—Six years ago tomorrow Japan practically destroyed U. S. naval power with one blow at Pearl Harbor. Today
the experts are saying we
may soon be in for not just one puny Pearl
will of their own capture both parties—and now we
Here | the high-tariff crowd probably will yell that our goxern- |
would you run if nomipated by the Democratic convention?” The word has leaked out that the Secretary's secretaries are having a tough time trying to think up the right answer to that $64 { nifty. In the interest of trying to be helpful, it therefore becomes a duty and a privilege for anyone having constructive ideas om this subject to send in suggestions and help get the Hon. Secretary out of the Hon. hole. For some strange reason, public officials who .are painfully, stubbornly sure of themselves on most issues, become tongue-tied and clubfooted, and stutter, stammer and stumble all over the lot in mock, modest confusion’ when approached on questions of political intentions. In a recent poll of Washington celebMties I conducted, one question asked for preference on Presidential and Vice Présidential nominees for the®two parties in 1948. The most amazing thing about the returns was that only 10 Senators and 34 Congressmen filled in the space where they were supposed to give their choice for Vice President.
There are two conclusions, Either YA), they did not care, or (B), | each may have thought he was the man of destiny, but was afraid to |
admit it in writing
Why Do They Want the Job, Anyway?
WHY ANYBODY wants to be Vice President—or President for that matter—will always be a billion dollar mystery.
Here is Gen. Eisenhower, with all the honors in the world that | anyone could ask for, He can retire gracefully to the academic secur- | If nomi- | nated for the Presidency, and more so if elected, he will have to |
ity of Columbia University campus and live on his laurels,
submit to all the slam-bang criticism that high office always gets. And why Secretary Forrestal, with his swell war record, should
want to risk a defeat in 1048, or preside over the Senate for four years |
even if he won, 1s completely baffling,
But all people seem to succumb when bitten by the political bug. |
They become like the buxom blond in “Oklahoma” who dated all the | boys, “Cause I caaaaan’t saaaaay, ‘Nol'” Well that could be Secretary | Forrestal's historic answer, Maybe it would be too simple. What the Secretary obviously | needs isa line like Gen. Sherman's, “I will not run if nominated and | will not serve if elected.” Only better. ‘is Henry Clay bad a good line in “I'd rather be right than be President” which might be altered to, “I'd rather retire than be Vice President; there's no place like home.”
| ‘Yes, an’ No, an’ Mebbe’ IF THE SECRETARY thinks he has a full-time job where he Is, and has no time for campaigning, he might do something with a famous crack from Rutherford B, Hayes. Mr. Hayes refused. to ask for a Civil War furlough so he could run for Congress by saying, “An officer fit for duty, who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer for Congress, ought to be scalped.” P, S.--Mr, Hayes got elected anyway, and later was elécted President. . If the Secretary hasnt yet made up his own mind, what he wants is an answer that means all things to all people, like David Harum’s, | “Yes, an' no, an’ mebbe, an’ mebbe not." Another ‘out for the Secretary would be to | ‘with a quotation like Viscount will do Ww He pleases with me hereafter, to do.” 4 : . *
leave it up to fate, and He knows best what
| attempting to feed Europe.~Sen. Hugh Butler (R.) of Nebraska,
| Rear Adm. Oswald S. Colclough, U. 8. Navy. s Bolinbroke's, “God who placed me here | ;
; | icles of other countries, we are viewed with suspicion abroad.
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"Pop's stalling—he's afraid mother will do -as she threatens and Lp pick up part of the tip!" and got licked every time, had a good line in his Cross of Gold speech which might be paraphrased into, “You shall not press down upon my prow this crown of. thorns!” - A ringing phrase like that should leave no doubt that an available man wanted no part of the job. But the best line of all, if the Secretary really doesn't want the job, is to set it to music and play i like a singing commercial every time he is asked if he wants to for office: : “No, no, a. thousand times, No. “» “I'd rather die than say, Yes!"
So They Say
WE SHOULD feed the starving Indians in the Southwest before
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The strength of America and its hopes for world peice depend not only on its armed fdrces, but on a sound domestic economy.
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| hardly consent after being given everything she wants.
| United Nations to become powerful—with or without the bomb, | ever the UN tries to function against international outlawry,
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Harbor but scores of them, all the way from New Yorz jo San Fran-
| cisco, under the atom bomb.
The emergency committee of atomic scientists, headed by Albert Pinstein and Harold C. Urey, warns that atomic bombs can be made cheaply and in large number; that there is no military defense against them: that if war breaks out, they will be used, hence the only solu tion is a warless world and international control of the atomic energy, That is also the U. 8. position. At Lake jSuccess, it pushes col lective security. It also is vainly trying to bring about a fool-proof system of atomic control. Its efforts have been foiled by Russia.
Russia Continued Stumbling Block THE EINSTEIN COMMITTEE would seem to blame the United States for much of this failure. It contends we should go ahead, as Russia demands, and outlaw the atomic bomb, Our refusal, it says, frightens Russia and tends to prevent an international understanding. Russia's behavior on every front, however, doesn’t quite support this theory. If Russia—which demands something in return for everything she does—refuses to agree to a system of international control when such a system would give her the secrets of the bomb, she would
to permit the When Russia does her utmost to veto action If she fails, she gets surly and walks out. Many, like the Einstein committee, feel that the U. 8 and the world ought to go right ahead and make the UN into a real supranational authority, atomic energy control and all.
Difficult to Convince a Russian SOMETHING LIKE that will have to be done, despite ibs mani fest dangers, if the UN is to live, But how it to Russia that the UN is not a combination of the Einsteirt committee suggests, is far from hy gate from behind the iron curtain had the courage writer: : “It's difficult to convince a Russian. He real It's like trying to explain color values to a child Russia, which uses power ruthlessly, simply can't nations with equal or greater power won't do the same which has destroyed the independence of her small neighbors, believe the United States is not equally unscrupulous. she had it, and we hadn’t, can intend to use the atomic
Russia has made it plain that she does not intend
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